If you missed out on yesterday Alien Shooter 2: Conscription, Graylox posted details of how you can get one of several thousand keys for Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded from the bundle site Indie Gala for free (after doing similar tasks to get other Steam games via the giveawayoftheday) HERE. You will need to confirm your age, and you may not get a key straight away. You can retry every five minutes until you suceed (apparently). You can also get another of Sigma Teams games totally for free, called Theseus - Return of the Hero. It's basically the same type of game as Alien Shooter 2 except it was released several years before Alien Shooter and was converted to freeware shortly after Alien Shooter was released. It's basically the same game play mechanics, just a little dated compared to Alien Shooter 2, but still as good. It's drm free and not a Steam key.

To those securing a key, please only post comments about the game being given away today; other comments either not appropriate, or not about the game will be deleted at the moderator or administrators discretion; however a little light banter among community members and with the moderator to keep this a friendly place to visit will be allowed, and will be judged by the moderator as to whether it is suitable or not to be left.

I am posting this in light of the massive increase in negative comments not related to the game being given away, inappropriate comments and spam (Almost 700 spam comments were posted yesterday) that have occurred over the past several months since the site was updated and in particular since the site started to give away games from the Steam world and since they started using Facebook. I truly believe that if we get lots of decent feedback about the games we get here, more developers will be happy to give away their games. Seeing lots of complaints (and spam) instead of feedback about the game will not persuade developers to give their games away for free. So please bear this in mind when posting your comments. Any comment not about the game i.e. complaints, or is deemed unfriendly will be deleted with no response. I'm not going to waste my time answering inane comments from community members who should have read the moderation policy. Negative feedback about the games given away are always welcomed as that can also be very constructive for developers, however, complaining about the way the site is operating or problems about downloading or installing the games should be directed to the giveawayoftheday contact form which I've linked to HERE, alternatively, if the problem is game related and it is late in the day (I can't moderate 24 hours a day), please also post your issue in the forums where you may get a response from the community. Often, such problems are related to your computers set up. i.e. your security may block the installation (for example quite a few game giveaways I've installed have been blocked by my copy of Zemana Anti-malware suite) Also please read the moderation policy which can be found HERE and if you do have a problem please check the FAQ's thread HERE. Thank you.

Crusaders of the Lost Idols: Epic Starter Pack

In Brief

A Free to Play Clicker game with paid for dlc

Suggestions:

Once you've had chance to activate the Steam key and play Crusaders of the Lost Idols using the Epic Starter Pack dlc, please give some feedback about your opinion of the game, for example, what you liked or disliked about it, or how it could be improved from your point of view . If you don't like this genre at all, please explain why. What, improvements, if any, would change your opinion? There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality?

If you don't win a key, don't mind playing games via Steam or miss the offer totally you can get the dlc pack 24/7 via Steam HERE. The main game is a Free to Play game but the pack being given away today costs £6.99/9.99$

Introduction:

Get an EPIC boost to your power with a full set of rare items and an exclusive Golden Epic for Jim the Lumberjack. We'll also throw in five Jeweled Chests to further increase your power!

Reference accessed HERE

Installation:

Once you've found the Steam key for Crusaders of the Lost Idols - Epic Starter Pack (should be sent to the email you used to enter the giveaway) you have to activate the game via your Steam client. Once activated it will be permanently tied to your Steam profile and you'll be able to install the game at any time, anywhere on any computer, so long as you can validate who you are (usually via emails etc). If you don't have a Steam account you will first have to download and install the Steam client HERE

Then create a Steam profile/account. Once that has been completed you can input the Steam code that you've received (after completing the form filling) via the game button along the top of the Steam client, (located between friends and Help - see image below). From the drop down menu select 'Activate a product on Steam'. This opens a product activation window. Just follow the prompts to complete activation. Once the Steam code has been accepted, the game will be permanently associated with your Steam account and can be installed any time you wish.

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Crusaders of the Lost Idols to work, please visit the problems section over in the Game Discussion forums, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE or visit the Steam forums HERE

The Game:

Key Features:

The Super Scary Bear Hat of Roaring (Golden Epic)

Two other Rare items for Jim the Lumberjack

Five Jeweled Chests

Unlock crusaders, Collect gear, and Earn achievements!

Crusaders of the Lost Idols is the Award Winning clicker idle game of heroic awesomeness.

Create a band of unusual heroes to battle monsters, earn gold by killing them and use it to level-up and unlock new character abilities. Organize your Crusaders by designing the perfect formation for maximum damage.

Master Formation Strategy over multiple campaigns and events that are updated every month.

Formation Strategy

The only clicker/idle game to feature a formation system. Crusader specific abilities, buffs, and gear challenge the player to find the best formation every campaign and event.

Unlock Crusaders

Collect an unusual host of over 54 characters such as The Bat Billionaire, Emo Werewolf and RoboTurkey, inspired by the world of video games and popular culture with more added Every Month.

Collect Gear, Buffs, and Trinkets

A cornucopia of content with hundreds of unique upgrades for each character, including unique gear, and buffs are available to collect.

Over 10,000 Levels

Master over six campaigns with dozens of objectives with deep playability and challenge; more campaigns released regularly.

Daily Quests

Each day players are challenged to complete mini-objectives that reward success with precious red rubies.

Monthly Events

Limited time events featuring special objectives and exclusive new content updated Every Month.

Missions

Send your idle Crusaders on side missions to unlock past Event Crusaders, new gear, earn Enchantment Points and jeweled chests plus more!

Reference accessed HERE

Other Reviews, Videos and a Slideshow of images showing the How to Play pages:

You can see Steam community reviews of Crusaders of the Lost Idols - and the Epic Starter Pack HERE and HERE, and if you want to see some game-play you can see some videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

Conclusion:

Feels like a typical clicker game, with lots of upgrades, gold, chests and adverts to buy various items from the shop with real cash. As with all clicker games I've played over the last year, they can be very addictive, and you can stlill earn what some choose to buy. Personally, the only advantage I see in paying for things ion all of the clicker games i've played is to progress faster. You can still do the same without spending any cash, it just means more farming/grinding.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the developer Codename Entertainment for giving away Steam keys for giving the community Steam keys for the Epic Starter pack for the clicker game Crusaders of the Lost Idols and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find HERE.

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.

If today's game was not to your liking, you may find other games either free or for less than the price of a cup of coffee (from your favorite coffee house) via the 'Weekly Roundup of Game Deals' thread which I've posted a link to above, or HERE.

The latest free game over on Origin has now changed to the excellent Mass Effect 2 a Sci Fi shooter well worth downloading. You can get it HERE. Please note that you do require the Origin game platform to be able to download and install the game.

There are 670 games on sale over on Steam via the specials tab, with discounts of between 5% to 91% for example The Silent Age, Airscape - The Fall of Gravity, Over 9000 Zombies, Mold on Pizza, Ubermosh, Retro Game Crunch, Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi, Square Heroes, Frederic: Resurrection of Music and Evil Strikes Back, Pixel Puzzles 2: Anime, Souless: Ray of Hope, Faerie Solitaire, Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising, Lucius, the Steam version of Red Faction Guerilla (one of my favorite shooters with destructible environments), the Tropico franchise and many more brilliant bargains, with around 200 games costing less than a dollar and some as cheap as 20 cents. You can also find some excellent games on sale over on GOG (all games are free from DRM) again with up to 90% off some games for example Worms, Guilty Gear, Tex Murphy etc